1. Henry VIII and Government: Starter
How might the break with Rome have affected Henry’s government?
What new roles did government need to take on?

2. Historical debate!
Geoffrey Elton, 1953 The Tudor Revolution in Government
Elton’s critics, e.g. Starkey

3. Key questions How far did the practice of government change?
How far did the power and use of Parliament change?
Did the power of the Crown increase?
How permanent were these changes?
How far did Henry exercise royal authority and what might affect this?

4. How far government changed (p88)
Key change and details
Elton
Critics of Elton
Your Judgement
Constitutional Revolution
Political Revolution
Bureaucratic Revolution

5. Did things change? (p88-9) Area Things that changed On the other hand…
Royal Council
Financial management
King’s Advisers

6. Did the power of the Crown increase? (89-90)
Factor
Increase in power because…
On the other hand…
Break from Rome
Wales
Remote parts of the kingdom

7. How far did the power and use of Parliament change?
The Background
What were Parliaments traditionally used for?
Why didn’t Henry VII need to use Parliament that often?
Why was there tension between Wolsey and Parliament?

8. How far did the power and use of Parliament change? (90-91)
The changes
How was the Reformation Parliament (Parliament from 1529) different?
What long-term changes to Parliament (procedure, status etc) happened as a result?
Why did Cromwell use Parliament so extensively?
What is the difference between King and Parliament and King-in- Parliament?
How did the composition of Parliament change in the 1530s?

9. Ministers (Wolsey and Cromwell)
Break with Rome
Parliament
Ministers (Wolsey and Cromwell)
Henry’s Royal Authority
His own personality
Factions
Regions (Wales, the North etc)